Tim Barabe
Non-Executive Director
financial operations
Veeva
Hong Kong
Biography
Tim Barabe has more than 30 years of experience in the life sciences industry, holding a broad range of financial and strategic roles. Barabe served as the chief financial officer and executive vice president at Affymetrix Inc., where he led the company's financial functions as well as the treasury, investor relations, and information technology departments. Previously, he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Human Genome Sciences, where he was responsible for working with the leadership team to drive the financial strategy and operations of the company. For more than 20 years, he held senior international executive roles in finance, general management, and strategic planning at Novartis AG, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. His roles included chief financial officer of the Sandoz Generics Business Unit, president of the CIBA Vision Corporation Specialty Lens Business Franchise, and group vice president and chief financial officer of CIBA Vision Corporation. Tim has a bachelor of business administration degree in finance from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and an MBA from the University of Chicago. An active philanthropist, Tim is involved in a range of charitable causes and currently serves on the board of Project Open Hand, a nonprofit based in the San Francisco area. Tim also serves as a director of several public company boards, including ArQule and Vigilant Biosciences.
Research Interest
Business and Management
